Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…
the owl was right about everything and everyone called her nuts?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: owl, everyone · What happens: be, call · To what, where: nuts · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 owl | det |
| 2 | owl | owl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 everything | case |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 right | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 called | cc |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 called | nsubj |
| 9 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 everything | acl:relcl |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 nuts | nmod:poss |
| 11 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 called | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the owl | about everything; right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | past | everyone | her nuts | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nut=Recipient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1
Yep, the birds only got it after it happened and felt dumb
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 birds | det |
| 4 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 got | advmod |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | obj |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 happened | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 happened | nsubj |
| 10 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 felt | cc |
| 12 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 13 | dumb | dumb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 felt | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the birds | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | feel | past | the birds not said here | dumb property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yep, the birds only got it after it happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 birds | det |
| 4 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 got | advmod |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | obj |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 happened | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 happened | nsubj |
| 10 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the birds | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Nope, they ignored her warnings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 ignored | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ignored | nsubj |
| 4 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ignored | obj |
| 6 | warnings | warning | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ignored | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | past | they | her = she | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yep, the birds only got it after it happened and said sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 birds | det |
| 4 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 got | advmod |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | obj |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 happened | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 happened | nsubj |
| 10 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 said | cc |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 13 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 said | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the birds | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: apologize | past | the birds not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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